Front tyre of Nok Air's Bangkok-Chiang Rai flight falls off while landing

[News Bandit]

Chiang Rai - A Nok Air's Boeing 738 plane lost its left front tyre while landing at the Mae Fah Luang Airport Thursday morning but the pilot managed to land it safely and no one was injured.

 

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[losworld]

Gotta love those tight maintenance schedules.  Anyone for the a Pattaya tower ride?  Surgery? 

[jaysterone]

Bangkok Airlines?  WIKI Says:

 

Incidents and accidents

• On 7 December 1987, Sahakol Air Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Series 2A (registration HS-THH), was damaged beyond repair after it overran the Runway on landing at Udon Thani Airport (UTH) with no fatalities.^[13]
• On 21 November 1990, Bangkok Airways flight 125 de Havilland Canada DHC-8-103 crashed on Koh Samui while attempting to land in heavy rain and high winds. All 38 people on board perished.^[14]
• On August 2002 an ATR 72-200 skidded off the Runway while landing at Siem Reap International Airport there were no injures. The airport was closed for 2 days.
• On 4 August 2009, Bangkok Airways Flight 266, operated by an ATR-72 between Krabi and Koh Samui skidded off the Runway, killing one of the pilots. The 68 passengers were evacuated.^[15] Of the passengers evacuated, 6 sustained serious injuries while another 4 were treated for minor injuries.^[16]